Daniel P. O'Connor, PhD
Associate Professor, Measurement & Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Performance
University of Houston
3855 Holman St, Garrison Rm 104
Houston, TX 77204-6015
713- 743-2377
Courses
PEP 8306 - Principles of Scientific Inquiry
PEP 8304 - Doctoral Seminar
PEP 6305 - Measurement in Health and Exercise Science
Dr. O’Connor is currently seeking talented and academically qualified
students who wish to pursue the
PhD in Kinesiology
in the
Department of
Health and Human Performance
(HHP)
at the University of Houston.
Paid Research Assistantships
are available to work with Dr. O'Connor.*
Dr. O'Connor is currently the principal investigator of a four-year CDC demonstration
project evaluating outcomes of a national, multisite childhood obesity project.
He is also an investigator for research projects funded by NIH, NASA,
NIDRR, and the Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute.
His students are actively involved in these projects,
interacting with a wide variety of investigators from institutions across the
United States.
The graduate application and more about the HHP graduate
programs can be found at
http://hhp.uh.edu/grad/.
*Students whom I advise have
priority, but other HHP graduate students are eligible.
Research Focus and Interests
Methodology: Evaluating and explaining individual variation in health outcomes and health-related quality of life
Evaluating the effectiveness of health-related interventions, particularly clinical interventions
Contextual effects: how characteristics of the person, social and physical environments, and systems interact to affect health
Applying statistical models to health data, including generalized, multilevel, longitudinal, and latent variable models
Obesity, child obesity, physical activity, exercise, orthopedic surgery, health and wellness, quality of life
What I do, described in "Up-Goer Five" terms:
I study why different people respond in different ways to things that happen in their lives, so I can understand how to help people become or stay well. To do this, I mostly study how to help people who are too heavy become more fit, and how doctors can help people who have been hurt.
Active Externally Funded Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Principal Investigator: Best Evaluation Tools and Techniques for Effective Recommedations for Policies (BETTER Policies): ACA Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration – Evaluation Center (Component B), October 2011 - September 2015.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Co-Investigator: Multinational Collaboration to Increase PA in Hispanics (NCI), November 2011 - October 2013. (Principal Investigator Rebecca Lee)
Co-Investigator: Training Interventions and Genetic Exercise Response (TIGER) study (NIDDK), June 2010 - May 2014. (Principal Investigator Molly Bray)
Co-Investigator: Science and Community: Partnering to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity (NICHD). July 2012 to June 2014. (Principal Investigator Rebecca E. Lee)
Co-Investigator: Air Barrier System to Reduce Contamination of Wounds During Surgery (NIGMS), August 2011 - July 2014. (Principal Investigator Sean Self)
National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
Co-Investigator: The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Microgravity on Salivary Markers of Innate Immunity, October 2011 - September 2014. (Principal Investigator Richard Simpson)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitaion Research
Co-Investigator: Development of a Virtual Reality Weight Management Intervention for Mobility Impaired Women. November 2012 to October 2015. (Principal Investigator Margaret Nosek)
Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute
Principal Investigator: Clinical and Translational Methods and Outcomes in Orthopedic Surgery, December 2008 - November 2011; renewed December 2011 - November 2014.
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